Preview of Bye, Bye Birdie Each year around April and May, everything seems to center around one group of people: the seniors; the students who are finalizing the legacies  they will leave on Columbus Academy.  This year, 20 seniors are involved with the Upper School Musical, Bye Bye Birdie, and each one brings his or…

As many Academy students head to New York City this week on the Upper School Music Trip, where they will enjoy the bright lights and cityscapes, those of us at school can have a fun time, too, and right here in town. Here is a list of five New York-inspired activities students can do for…

“Snooze” for iPhone, iPod, or iPad  (Free) Yes, it’s winter, and temperatures are dropping. When you’re warm in your bed, it’s definitely difficult to wake up and force yourselves to get out of the comfort and inviting warmth. Introducing Snooze, an iOS app that lets you pledge a quarter to a variety of charities each…

Monday, January 2, 2012. California heart-throb, Ben Flajnik is back in my life. For a total of 20 hours this summer, millions of love-struck women watched as Ashley Heppert made out with 20 attractive men in search of a husband on ABC’s The Bachelorette. And week after week, she cried over men, laughed at their…

Enjoying three years with no rivals, Facebook may soon meet its networking match: Google+ is on the rise. Google +, or G+, is the newest social nexus, topping 60 million users since its debut in June, 2011, and epected to reach 100 million users by February, 2012, with a projected 400 million by the end…

The stage is set: the New York Giants (12-7) will face the New England Patriots (15-3)  in Super Bowl XLVI on Sunday February, 5, in Indianapolis. In last Sunday’s conference championship games, we saw both these teams barely carve their paths into the Super Bowl. In fact, it was the other team’s mistakes that led…

Websites like Hulu.com are growing, offering more and more television and video content on a wider variety of devices. Given this increased availability of choices outside of traditional television service–and widespread budget cutting in many households–a shift from television service to video viewing is soon highly possible. Let’s take a look at what a popular…

“This job . . . It’s the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing I think about before I go to sleep.” (Jane Quimby). Life has dealt Jane a difficult hand. Her mother ran out when she was little, and when she was fifteen her father died. Now she…

As deluges of rain turn into snow showers, and temperatures drop below freezing, some may grow grumpy only waiting for spring to bloom. There is no reason to get down, however. Ohio is a place hopping with activities to enjoy during the winter season. What are the options? Check out this list for some ideas.…

Was it  Robert Downey’s acting, the plot attracted, or mind games that intrigued us about Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows?  As Holmes and his sidekick,Watson, try to outwit their adversary, Professor Moriarty, Holmes uses coy strategies, to outsmart his opponents. To keep up with the story line, one would have to have enough intelligence…